Jade Token

Jing Yuan checked the clasp at his collar.

Then he shifted his gaze to the Trailblazer beside him.

Was it just his imagination? Why did Stelle seem a little different today from before?

She seemed a bit more forceful.

Elsewhere.

Dan Heng, who had gone with Fu Xuan to collect the Luofu specialties Jing Yuan had specially prepared, stared at the mountain-like pile of gifts before him and felt his head split into two.

Why had Jing Yuan prepared so much stuff?

Dan Heng could not even carry it all back with both hands.

He sighed and could only haul it to the Express one trip at a time.

As he sweated away, he could not help thinking resentfully: Jing Yuan really knew how to stall for time.

Who knew what those two were doing?

Thinking of how the Trailblazer had used every possible excuse to send him away, Dan Heng felt inexplicably irritated.

Actually, if they had enough time, the Trailblazer would have been quite willing to leisurely accompany Jing Yuan and stay on the Luofu for a few more days.

The Luofu's climate was neither as extreme as Belobog's nor as intoxicatingly decadent as Penacony's. It was practically the perfect place to retire and vacation.

But unfortunately, she could not.

According to Aha, targets like Jing Yuan were high-difficulty level. Capturing him was equivalent to capturing two people, so the Trailblazer could receive two scripts.

So now she should quit while she was ahead and go find Dan Heng.

She should not let that poor, cold-faced little Azure Dragon overthink things.

Having made up her mind, the Trailblazer also put on a show of straightening her clothes.

...No one had even touched her, okay!

She had been the one launching the offensive against Jing Yuan the whole time!

Jing Yuan dearly wanted to make that remark, but he swallowed the words before they left his mouth.

He watched Stelle's unconscious movements, every one of which pointed toward one reality: she was tidying herself up to leave.

"When will you return to the Luofu next?"

Jing Yuan asked in a low voice, his golden eyes brimming with longing and reluctance.

"Hard to say."

The girl put on a thoughtful expression. "We're going to Amphoreus this time. Jing Yuan, have you heard of Amphoreus?"

Amphoreus?

It was a place even Akivili had failed to reach in their Trailblazing. How could Jing Yuan possibly know of it?

Jing Yuan only felt his eyelid suddenly twitch.

But he said nothing. Suppressing the unease in his heart, he placed his palm over the back of Stelle's hand in silent reassurance.

"The Express Crew has an Alliance Jade Token from the Luofu."

"Ah, right, there was something like that."

"That Alliance Jade Token was a gift I gave on behalf of the Luofu. Stelle, I would like to give you another Jade Token—this one represents me personally."

"Huh?"

The Trailblazer suddenly felt something smooth and warm pressed into her palm. Lowering her head, she found an object shaped like an Alliance Jade Token.

Jing Yuan continued:

"This means that, aside from the Express Crew being able to use the Alliance Jade Token once to receive support from the Cloud Knights across great distances, you also have one opportunity.

No matter where you are, as long as you use this Jade Token that I have given you personally, I will surely set out for wherever you are.

No matter how high the mountains or how far the waters, I will find you."

Stelle clasped the tiny Jade Token tightly in her palm. It felt so significant that her palm seemed to burn from its heat.

"Jing Yuan, this is far too precious. I'll definitely keep it safe."

Hearing the first half of that sentence, he had thought she was going to refuse.

He had not expected her to simply accept it.

Still, that was also part of the charm of a Trailblazer who had activated the Elation Switch.

Her sense of deserving things was simply too strong.

Right in front of Jing Yuan, the Trailblazer put away the Jade Token.

She did not put it in her backpack, but kept it on her person.

"Thank you, Jing Yuan. I'll carry it with me like this. Whenever I miss you during my Trailblazing, I'll take it out and look at it, thinking of you when I see it, okay?"

At first glance, those words were quite moving.

But—

"If you miss me, just message me directly."

That was what Jing Yuan said.

Ah, that was true.

"Alright, got it, Jing Yuan."

The Trailblazer smiled and slowly moved closer to Jing Yuan, draping her arms over the man's shoulders.

It was time for their little pre-parting kiss again.

Now then, where should she kiss him this time?

Forehead and cheek were out of the question. Time to try something new.

Looking at the Trailblazer's face so close to his own, Jing Yuan knew exactly what she intended to do without even thinking about it.

But Jing Yuan did not stop her. He took a deep breath, a faint sense of anticipation rising in his heart.

The Trailblazer pondered deeply for a while.

In the end, like a little bird, she gave the corner of Jing Yuan's lips a quick peck.

Jing Yuan shuddered all over.

Although he had been prepared, the instant he was actually kissed still caught him somewhat off guard.

He felt so happy. To think that he and the Trailblazer had developed this kind of relationship.

Aha: What kind of relationship? Lip friendship?

After the farewell kiss ended, Star stood up and casually ruffled Jing Yuan's hair.

This was a scene she had never even dared to imagine before, yet now it had come true so easily.

If she did not still have to go to Amphoreus, Star truly wanted to stay on the Luofu and be lovey-dovey with Jing Yuan.

But, well, for the future of the Express Crew, enough said. She still had to keep striving.

Jing Yuan looked up and rose to his feet as well.

"Leaving already? I'll see you off."

"Jing Yuan, how far are you seeing me off? To the Starcruiser Sea? Are you going to watch me board a starskiff?"

The Trailblazer turned around and smiled softly. "You handle countless affairs every day, and you still have important matters to attend to, so there's no need to spend your time on me. Once I'm back on the Express, I'll message you, alright?"

Jing Yuan was stubborn in a way that was rare for him.

Even if he was not going to escort the Trailblazer to the Starcruiser Sea, he at least had to accompany her through this stretch of the Chang'le Region.

Star: Fine, fine. Who would have thought that the Divine Foresight General I won over would be unexpectedly clingy?

After leaving the Cloud Knight Headquarters, with people coming and going outside, the two pretended that nothing had happened. Like the most ordinary of friends, they strolled down the street.

"I'm leaving, Jing Yuan. Um, I'll take good care of myself for you. I'm really going now."

The Trailblazer waved at Jing Yuan, then turned and headed into the Starcruiser Sea.

She had to hurry to the Starcruiser Sea to find Dan Heng. She absolutely could not let Jing Yuan follow her, or there would be another Shura-field scene. She really would not know how to wrap things up then.

Jing Yuan watched the Trailblazer's skipping figure leave the Chang'le Region, the soft sensation seeming to linger at the corner of his lips.

He wondered when they would meet again.

He watched the Trailblazer leave until the girl's figure grew farther and farther away, becoming a tiny black dot on the horizon before finally disappearing from sight. Yet he still had no intention of leaving, standing at the end of the Chang'le Region and gazing wistfully into the distance for a long while.

On a rooftop not far away, a woman who had taken in the entire scene pushed up her sunglasses with interest.

"Ah Xing and Jing Yuan seem to have quite a good relationship, don't they~ What do you think, Blade?"

The man standing beside her held a longsword in his arms. He gave a cold snort but said nothing.

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